
Directing
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Born July 19, 1955 Kobe, Japan
Biography
Kiyoshi Kurosawa (黒沢 清, Kurosawa Kiyoshi, born July 19, 1955; Kobe) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic, actor, and professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. Noted for his psychological films that often focus on ambiguous narratives and on their characters' inner turmoils and quests for meaning and connections, he is best known for his contributions to psychological horror and Japanese horror, notably his acclaimed 1997 film Cure, although he has also worked in a variety of other genres.
Directed Films

6.0
The Samurai and the Prisoner
2026·Drama

6.7
Cloud
2024·Action

6.8
Chime
2024·Horror

6.0
Serpent's Path
2024·Thriller

6.2
Actually...
2022·Drama

6.7
Wife of a Spy
2020·Drama

6.4
To the Ends of the Earth
2019·Drama

5.7
Foreboding
2017·Science Fiction

6.5
Before We Vanish
2017·Science Fiction

5.6
Daguerrotype
2016·Drama

6.7
Creepy
2016·Crime

6.6
Journey to the Shore
2015·Drama

4.0
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014·Documentary

5.8
Seventh Code
2014·Mystery

6.3
Real
2013·Science Fiction

7.3
Penance
2013·Drama

6.0
Beautiful New Bay Area Project
2013·Action

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Beautiful 2013
2013·Drama

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Wordholic Prisoner
2012·Drama

7.4
Tokyo Sonata
2008·Drama

6.5
Retribution
2007·Thriller

5.6
Loft
2006·Horror

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Time Slip
2005·Comedy

5.5
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs
2005·Horror
Also Appeared In

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The Ozu Diaries
2025·Documentary

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Les Cuisiniers of Chime
2024·Documentary

7.5
Breakfast of the Movie
2023·Documentary

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Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts
2023·Documentary

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The J-Horror Virus
2023·Horror

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No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation
2022·Documentary

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Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des images
2018·Documentary

2.0
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
2018·Comedy

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Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits
2017·Documentary

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Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images
2017·Documentary

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Terror from the Internet
2017·Documentary

7.2
Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015·Documentary